US Airways Waives Change Fees for Customers Affected by Southern California Fires

TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) is relaxing certain fees for customers who may have to change travel plans as a result of the Southern California wildfires.

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The airline is offering the following revised policies, which apply to all customers flying Oct. 22 through Oct. 26 on any US Airways or US Airways codeshare flight to or from the following airports in Southern California: Santa Barbara, Burbank, Los Angeles International (LAX), Long Beach, Ontario, Santa Ana/Orange County, Carlsbad and San Diego.

Customers are strongly encouraged to check flight status at usairways.com or by calling 800-428-4322 before arriving at the airport and to allow plenty of driving time to the airport.

If US Airways service continues to operate to the affected destinations, you can make certain changes without incurring the standard change fee, advance reservation or ticketing requirements:

     -- The entire itinerary can be moved forward or delayed up to seven days
        from the scheduled origination date. Length of trip cannot be changed.
     -- Full value of wholly unused tickets can be applied toward the purchase
        of a fare to an alternate destination. Travel must originate within
        seven days of the scheduled origination date.

Customers traveling on certain tickets -- such as some available from third-party ticket discounters, including but not limited to discount travel websites -- may not have all elements of the policy available to them. Tickets issued by US Airways for travel on airlines other than US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express will follow the rules of the airline operating the flight(s).

Itinerary changes are subject to availability, and in certain cases, an additional collection fee. Customers will be able to stand by for alternate flights without incurring the standby fee if a satisfactory alternate itinerary cannot be confirmed. Additional information regarding these amended ticketing policies can be found online at http://www.usairways.com or by calling 800-428-4322.

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